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[askagamedev]

in light of the microsoft closings, a lot of people saying that getting acquired by a bigger company should be considered a death sentence for small studios. one thing I never understood is why are studios sold? I understand the owners want to cash a check and get out of the anxiety crisis it is running an indie studio but is it that unreasonable to refuse it? does it cause other consequences most people arent aware of?

Honestly, the decision to sell to a publisher is primarily a question of stability.

Independent studios live and die on their ability to secure contracts regularly, year in and year out. This process is a constant grind, requiring the studio leadership to maintain good relationships with publishers. Financial situations are never super stable, they are often feast or famine when there are tons of opportunities that your studio can't possibly field and then there are lean times when finding work can be difficult. It's especially difficult because there's almost no way that an independent studio can bank the kind of money they'd need to keep everyone paid for any extended period of time without securing a new contract to keep the lights on. There's also the disaster of having so many opportunities that the studio staffs up in order to handle more, only to get caught in a lean period where there isn't enough work to keep everyone employed. In lean times, the independent studio is left to fend for themselves while the publisher-owned studio gets higher priority when the publisher is considering project assignments. And there's always the issue of IP ownership - often the publisher is the one who retains the rights and the studio is work for hire. There's very little room for error when running an independent studio.

If the studio is owned by the publisher, there isn't a need for securing contracts anymore. An internal studio almost always has priority over an external studio for being assigned a new project. The internal studio can focus on developing games and technology. They don't need to worry about securing IP rights anymore, since they're all owned by the same company. It's a huge reliever of stress from studio leadership to know that there's more of a safety net, even if that safety net is not perfect. When lean economic times hit, everyone suffers - including the internal studios, as we have seen. Large companies will often shed staff during bad times but have a higher overall survival chance than small ones.

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[centrally-unplanned]

How was the Japanese occupation of Manchuria arguably economically beneficial to Japan?

Japan had on average a far more intensive economic development program for their colonies than other countries - at first due to their focus on autarkic economic self-sufficiently, and then by the 1930's due to their rising totalitarianism permitting more aggressive exploitation. Japan conquered Manchuria for many reasons, and in some sense no reason at all, but one of those reason was that Manchuria had a lot of natural resources that Japan lacked specifically aligned with their plans for heavy industry expansion (namely coal & iron). So when they conquered the region they embarked on a massive program of economic expansion.

On the industry side they built large scale industrial processing facilities, most notably the Showa Steel Works which was the center of a massive, ~800 facility-strong complex in Fengtian. By ~1940 it was one of the largest steel production facilities in the world and employed tens of thousands of people - and steel is a classic "intermediate" good, opening up new industrial developments on the Japanese mainland.

Meanwhile, Japan set about "revolutionizing" the agricultural economy and society more broadly via mass scale colonial settlement programs. Over one million Japanese citizens moved to Manchuria in under a decade to become primarily landowners - for comparison throughout the entirety of France's ownership of Vietnam the French population there was in the tens of thousands. These settlers were often laborers themselves of course, but also were harshly privileged over the local Han & Manchu populations, being granted more-or-less confiscated land, and so frequently were hiring local labor as tenant farmers or hired hands while they served as landlords. Going from being a small time farmer in Japan to being a large estate holder in Mukden is probably a material increase in your living standards! And it was done at incredible scale given the small time window.

So you can see how Japan had a far more ambitious approach to Manchuria than was normal for a colony. Did this actually make the "median Japanese person" materially better off? I don't know, probably not - I was just thinking of unique examples off the cuff. It certainly benefited some people! But all that intensive industrial development was allocated towards military production, and meanwhile Japan's occupation of Manchuria was plagued by insurgents and banditry, costing Japan dearly for its trouble. And of course if you allow second-order thoughts, Japan's occupation of Manchuria politically directly led to the Sino-Japanese war, and then the Pacific War, and thus mass-scale death and immiseration of the entire nation! Seems bad!

But here at least you can see the potential where alt-history Japan builds this sort of hyper-intensive racial hierarchy system where tens of millions of Japanese people live in Manchuria practicing resource-intense industrial production and benefitting from a servant underclass. Something that typical European colonies were essentially too lazy and not totalitarian enough to actively set up for the masses (but they are diverse too ofc, as mentioned). I don't think that would be better than spending all those resources on just developing your own free, liberal economy? That is essentially the point of "gains of trade" and all that, you typically are better off when everyone is rich, it is win-win. But it isn't totally win-win, and if you are willing to be oppressive enough I could see some alternatives that benefit the winners more on net.

[digitaldetoxworld]

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[davekat-sucks]

Something fascinating I realized is that it has been almost 3 weeks since the last Beyond Canon update! If I can recall, the previous mini-update was on August 23rd, a Friday. From where I am tomorrow will be September 13th, 3 weeks!

So I now speculate this large gap of time (longer than the 2 week waiting period) may be for various reasons, and because I don’t follow James Roach on Twitter.

In my speculation, I will order my ideas from most likely to least likely, with the first reason being most probable, and the last reason being more a fanstasy than reality.

So Beyond Canon’s update has been delayed probably because:

1. James Roach had to attend to personal business with family or his individual life, which you should prioritize over a webcomic.

2. The last Vriska VN updates will come out in a bundle, and the planned release date is the 1 year anniversary of the comic’s return, 10/8/24

3. The team is taking a break from work stress and is using their vacation days to do fall stuff like pick apples from an orchard.

4. Members of James’s team have been moved to the Hiveswap development team by request from Whatpumpkin to the HICU and James is hiring new members for writing and art.

5. The comic is going on a long Hiatus again, similar to when the old Beyond Canon team packed up their stuff and had the comic in stasis for 2 years and 9 months. It’s likely no one would try to pick up the comic where it left off a second time, considering even the fandom’s favorite music producer and competent guy James Roach could run the comic for an even shorter period of time than the much less beloved and much more volatile old team. Thus, Homestuck: Beyond Canon would be soft cancelled.

Remembering how there was a job listing for Act 3 as well, I wouldn't be surprised that James Roach was involved with that process as well to recruit new team members. I can definitely see the last Vriska VN update be on the anniversary BC/HS2 started. There are only two sections left for Vriska redemption arc. If they aren't ending it off with some epic flash video, then that means the final update will fall on October 8th. The polls on Patreon show though they won't update the story that quickly after finishing Act 1, they will still make illustrations/art pieces for the Patreon supporters. So the Patreon won't exactly be closed by the time they take their break. There is also the fact that the Karkat plushie on Makeship, the official campaign will be released on September 16th. So if things Patreon funds can't help for Beyond Canon or Hiveswap Act 3, then this is the safety net to rely on.

[markwatkinsconsumerguide]

Consumer Guide / No.125 / singer/songwriter John Howard with Mark Watkins.

MW:  Past, Present, Future. In respect of your music career, pick one time that was memorable, currently memorable and what you'd like to see happening just around the corner...

JH: I guess my ‘Past’ memorable one time has to be the day I walked into Abbey Road Studios in April 1974 to begin recording my debut LP, Kid In A Big World. It had been my dream to become a recording artist since my teens (I was twenty-one in April ’74) and I’d spent many hours since the age of fourteen recording my songs on a multi-tracking tape recorder my parents had bought me for my birthday. So, by the time that day arrived when I began my recording career, I was ready. Standing in the enormous Studio 2 where The Beatles had recorded most of their tracks, and which I’d seen photos of in my Beatles Monthly magazines, was literally a dream-come-true one time moment. Sitting at the grand piano which Paul McCartney and John Lennon had played as I recorded the first track for my album, ‘Goodbye Suzie’, and playing the same mellotron which The Beatles had used on ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ was something I’ll never forget. 

My ‘Present’ memorable one time would be when my first novel, 'Across My Dreams With Nets Of Wonder', was published in September this year. I’d enjoyed seeing the three volumes of my memoir published across 2018 – 2022, but writing my first novel and seeing it there in my hands, a real book, was a great thing for me. Writing memoirs is all there in your head from the outset, whereas a novel is a collection of stories, scenarios, interwoven as you go and develop the narrative, all created in what was for me over twelve months, just starting with an idea and seeing it grow as I wrote, that was terrific, and to then have it published. A true Wow moment. 

My ‘Future’ moment will only come out of what I create for myself. I’m a very self-motivated person, everything I do, whether it be recording, writing, painting, is because I want to do it. No-one’s pushing me for "another album" or "another book", I just do what feels the right time to do something, and everything I do is a challenge, it has to be a challenge to want to continue to do it. It’s a great position to be in, just starting on something which comes into my head and off I go. I’ve just begun writing and recording my next album, which will be a long-delayed follow-up to my 2005 album, The Dangerous Hours, which was a collaborative project with the poet Robert Cochrane. It turned out to be my first album of new material for thirty years (since Kid In A Big World had been released in February 1975). This new album, collaborating again with Robert, is already becoming a joy to do. I usually write all my own lyrics but taking Rob’s poems as the base for a set of new songs is a completely different process and pushes my music in an entirely different direction to one where I’ve written everything. It’ll be out in 2025, marking twenty years since we did The Dangerous Hours together. 

MW: Tell me about the album, Kid In A Big World, when it was made, and how it was received, including the singles released from the LP…

JH: Kid In A Big World was the result of writing and performing my songs from the age of seventeen in 1970, up to moving to London in 1973, being "discovered" (gigging at The Troubadour in London) by a manager and publisher and being signed to CBS in January 1974. All those songs I’d written and performed in folk clubs, theatres and Universities for three years provided the groundwork and the well from which we selected ten songs for my first LP. The album’s main producer, Tony Meehan (formerly with The Shadows and the duo Jet Harris & Tony Meehan), booked me into Abbey Road, hired a great combo of top musicians to back me, including Bob Henrit (The Roulettes, Argent), bassist Dave Wintour (Rick Wakeman, Eric Carmen, Roger Daltrey), and Rod Argent (The Zombies, Argent), and over the next four months we had a ball recording the songs. In September, I moved to Apple Studios with my A & R Manager Paul Phillips to do new versions of a couple of the tracks ('Family Man' and 'Kid In A Big World'), which again for a Beatles fan was dream-come-true time.

The first single taken from the sessions was ‘Goodbye Suzie’, which CBS had great hopes for. It was released in October 1974. It received a lot of airplay on Radio Luxembourg charting on their Power Play Top 30. However, BBC Radio One, which was very important at the time for breaking records by new artists, refused to play it due to its storyline of teenage suicide. The second single, ‘Family Man’, released in February 1975, also got rejected by Radio One, who disliked what they referred to as its "anti-female" lyric (entirely missing the irony of the lyric where it’s the guy, the ‘Family Man’, who’s in trouble, life in a mess and trying to cope). 

By the time the Kid In A Big World LP came out at the end of February, the road for CBS to break the album had been made much harder to negotiate following two flop singles. But they launched it with a concert I gave at London’s Purcell Room with an invited audience of media and music people, followed by a lunch where guests included Colin Blunstone. Within six weeks, it was as though the album had never been released. Only one pretty poor review in a music mag, no more singles, and already discussions on what I’d do as the follow-up sealed the album’s fate. The planned follow-up, Technicolour Biography, was shelved before completion, the label having a kind of panic attack after assuming Kid In A Big World would be a smash. They decided to put me in the studios with Disco producer Biddu, (Tina Charles, Carl Douglas, Jimmy James), telling us to "record an album full of hits!". When we delivered the tapes of Can You Hear Me OK? in the Summer of 1975 it had, as CBS saw it, "no hits", so, apart from releasing one single from the Biddu sessions, ‘I Got My Lady’, which received a lot of Capital Radio play but which failed to sell, that album was also shelved. The dream was, apparently, over.

I went on to record a few singles with Trevor Horn and Culture Club producer Steve Levine, but by the mid ‘80s I’d had enough. By a lucky happenstance, I was hired to do a great job in licensing and marketing at a label EMI owned, which began twenty years working in the music industry in Special Markets and A & R. It saved my sanity and probably my life.

MW: Tell me how you nearly joined Iron Maiden!

JH: Oh yes, that was one of those stories which grew over time following the reissue of Kid In A Big World. In 1972, I was asked to join a band called Iron Maiden after appearing on the same bill as them at a concert at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton, Lancashire. THAT Iron Maiden, however, was not the Heavy Metal outfit which began in 1976 and became a global phenomenon. MY Iron Maiden was a group of guys playing folk/medieval stuff, a bit like Marillion years later, market squares, knights in armour rescuing fair damsels and all that. I turned them down as I was focused on making it as a solo artist. 

MW: …and why write/record a song about April Ashley?

JH: April was a longtime friend of mine. She used to run a fashionable London eatery/music venue in Knightsbridge called AD8, and I performed there several times a week around ‘76/’77. We lost touch for a few years but after I’d written and recorded ‘Magdalena Merrywidow’, dedicated to April (not about her), for my 2008 album Barefoot With Angels, and a friend sent the song to her, she contacted me to say how much she loved the song. We stayed in touch until her death in 2022. I actually recorded an album inspired by April, LOOK – The Unknown Story Of Danielle Du Bois, released in March 2022. I’d planned to send her a copy but she died just before the album came out. April was an amazing lady, a true force of nature, and I miss our chats and emails. 

MW: Have you met (Sir) Tim Rice? 

JH: Yes, I went to Tim’s house in Barnes in 1994 to present him with a gold disc for 100,000 sales of an album of his songs which I and a couple of other people put together for MCA Records/Polygram TV. He was extremely charming, very funny with lots of, as you can imagine, great stories about his career. Also there that day was David Essex, who was featured on the album, and we presented him with a gold disc as well. It was great to see David again. I used to bump into him a lot during my days signed to CBS in the mid ‘70s. He was a hugely successful teenage idol back then, CBS’s biggest recording artist in the UK at the time, and I was considered by the label to be the "Next Big Thing"! He was always lovely, a real gent and we’d natter away at various music biz functions. 

MW: With regards Christmas, do you (still) feel like a Kid In A Big World? How do you usually celebrate and any plans for this one....

JH: Last year, I released a single called ‘Christmas Was Made For The Children’, and that’s kind of my view of the festive season really. I loved Christmas as a child, but now it’s extremely commercialised and is geared, as it should be, to kids. As there’s only me and my husband living here in Spain and we don’t have any family here to share it with, our Christmas Days are very quiet, spent with our three rescued dogs. I think big families with lots of kids running around still enjoy Christmas, but we just tend to give our presents to each other on Christmas morning, play our favourite Christmas music and have a couple of glasses of Bucks Fizz, and that’s it. I’m not anti-Christmas at all, but "celebrating" the season is something other people do. 

MW: Have you ever experienced a White Christmas?

JH: Well, living as I did up to the age of twenty in the North West of England, we experienced lots of White Christmases. Some years the reservoir near our house was completely frozen over. I have a Christmas morning memory, from when I was twelve, 1965, of my father walking across the frozen reservoir and writing a Ban The Bomb sign in the snow, with our dog Sandy watching him fascinated. That was probably my best memory of a White Christmas. But they happened a lot back then. Once I moved to London they were less frequent. 

MW: What did you learn from school that proved to be useful in adulthood?

JH: Something my art teacher, Miss Shaw, once said to me: “Never be afraid to be different.” That stuck with me forever. She was rather beautiful, think of the woman who’s sitting with Bob Dylan on the sleeve of Bringing It All Back Home, she looked very much like her. All the boys in my year fancied her rotten. So imagine their faces when she offered to drive me, the school’s resident "Nancy boy", home in her open-topped green MG sports car after school. As we roared through the gates, they would all stand staring longingly, clearly wishing it had been one of them sitting next to the exotic Miss Shaw. It was when she dropped me off near my house one evening that she said, “Remember, son, never be afraid to be different.” 

School was not a pleasant time for me, I was bullied a lot, but the older I got, by the time I’d reached fifth form, I’d discovered I loved performing on the piano for my school friends, something I did one Christmas and enjoyed it immensely. Around that time, 1967/1968, I began writing songs in my lunch breaks on the Assembly Room upright piano. My future career was kind of set from the age of fourteen/fifteen, and my talent for writing songs and performing them for the school finally made me different without having to put up with the bullying anymore.   

MW: What books have you recommended to friend/s to read?

JH: Hmmn, that’s a difficult one as I don’t think I have ever recommended any books to anyone. I read all sorts of books, biographies, autobiographies, murder mysteries, crime thrillers, anything about The Beatles or Bob Dylan I usually buy and pore over as well. Dylan’s Chronicles was amazing, I wish he’d write another one. I have a friend, Caroline, someone I used to work with in the music business years ago, who occasionally sends me books she’s enjoyed reading. Rupert Everett’s autobiographies are books she sent me which I particularly loved. He’s an excellent writer. Caroline also turned me onto Tales of The City by Armistead Maupin. A brilliant series, books I can read several times and enjoy them just as much second, third time around. But books are my kind of private pleasure, filling the silence beautifully, and I never feel the need to share that with anyone else.

MW: What are your Top 10 favourite albums of all-time…

JH: It’s always hard to pick just ten, but here are the ones which still stick out for me as fantastic, those which in some ways changed my life, and which I listen to still (to get more of my faves in, I’ve cheated and given joint positions to some LPs here and there):

10. What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye: the first Marvin Gaye album I heard. A flatmate in 1975 had it and played it to me and I instantly fell in love with Marvin. I’d known his solo hits like 'Heard It Through The Grapevine' and 'Abraham, Martin & John', and loved his wondrous duets with Tammi Terrelle, mini pop symphonies all, but I’d missed out on What’s Going On when it came out in 1971 as I was so into T.Rex at that point. The brilliant way Marvin stitched the tracks together and the power of his lyrics and singing was something I’d not heard before. A truly great piece of musical art at its best, and an album which changed the direction of Motown; after What’s Going On, the label began releasing a lot more singles and albums with a social message.

9. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan: the last Dylan album I loved. I’d kind of fallen out of love with Bob from Nashville Skyline onwards, from ’69 to ’73, his voice began to sound strained, with unsure pitching and oddly nasal, and it just wasn’t the Bob I’d adored through the ‘60s. But then this album came out in 1974 and someone at CBS gave me a copy and I was hooked. He was once again writing great songs with surreal and brilliantly woven stories, and his singing had found the perfect mix of ’66 Dylan along with his new throatier vocal, creating a spellbinding collection of astonishing tracks. Nothing he’s done since has gripped me in the same way. For me Blood On The Tracks was the perfect follow-up to Blonde On Blonde.

8. Hejira by Joni Mitchell: her voice had become huskier, deeper, and I loved it. The cigarettes were doing their worst regarding her health but giving her an incredible new voice in the process. ‘Amelia’ has to be one of the most beautiful songs she ever wrote, and one of the most beautiful songs anyone ever wrote. "The hexagram of the heavens"creating an intoxicating image. Her guitar playing on this album is also at times mind-boggling. Watch Dylan’s face during the film of his ’76 tour as he witnesses Joni outplaying every man in the room. He’s fascinated and loving every moment.   

7. Court & Spark by Joni Mitchell: the album (pre-Hejira) where her voice dropped by an octave and became a thing of true beauty. I’d loved some of her earlier albums but that youthful soaring head voice which arrives out of nowhere, distorting the melody in the process, began to grate a little. This is the one where she concentrated on simply singing the songs straight rather than doing that unsettling falsetto thing, and moved her style into a more jazzy arena, great arrangements and stunning musicianship from all concerned. ‘Free Man In Paris’ and ‘Raised On Robbery’ were masterclasses in how to create the perfect double-tracked harmonies. 

6. Let’s Get It On by Marvin Gaye/Joint 6th with Low by David Bowie: I went to see Marvin Gaye at The Royal Albert Hall in 1976 and he was fabulous. I’d already fallen in love with Let’s Get It On and What’s Going On by then, and had bought I Want You, his true stoner collection, but seeing him perform these fantastic songs live on stage makes this album even more special for me. ‘Distant Lover’ still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. A voice gifted from heaven; I’d loved Bowie since Hunky Dory and bought all his albums up to Lodger in 1979, when I kind of fell out of love with him and thereafter. His music lost its beauty for me. It became very jagged and lost its innate pop brilliance and melodic flair. But Low in 1977 was something else.

Side One, a masterclass in how to write short, sharp, stunning pop songs. Who can resist singing along with Mary Hopkin’s crystal clear "doo-doo-doos" on ‘Sound & Vision’ and then delve deeper into "Don’t you wonder sometimes, ‘bout Sound & Vision" with those Bowie-esque harmonies? And bopping around the room to the stop-start friction of ‘Breaking Glass’. Fantastic.

Side Two, futuristic synthesised experimentation which actually works, a thing of beauty. It could have sounded self-indulgent, but manages to beguile instead. A landscape of sonic textures. It was the album where Bowie went from British pop star to mysterious cult figure on a new journey of learning, with Eno showing the way.  

5. Christmas & The Beads of Sweat by Laura Nyro/Joint 5th with The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds: I bought the Laura Nyro album after seeing the sleeve in my local record shop, and I wasn’t disappointed. It’s a marvel, her voice, the arrangements, the songs, one minute breathy and quiet, the next singing at the top of her voice, yelling at whoever she’d fallen out with, or joyful at finding peace with a special person, it’s not what you’d call comfortable listening, but I loved it all the more because of that; and of course, Pet Sounds is here in my list, the album where Brian Wilson found the genius button, in spite of his father, his record company and his fellow Beach Boy Mike Love demanding he go back to writing about girls, cars and surfing. Then he broke into pieces, bless him, and never completed what could have been an even more incredible follow-up, Smile, although he did go onto give us the masterpieces 'Good Vibrations', 'Cabinessence', 'Heroes & Villains' and 'Wonderful' and what has to be one of the most amazing pop songs ever, Surf’s Up. Still blows me away. ‘God Only Knows’ from Pet Sounds is the perfect pop song with the perfect production, ‘Caroline No’ should have been a chart-topping single. Pet Sounds should have blown the world away and been Number One for months, but it, at the time, didn’t create the impression it should have. I think The Beach Boys’ clean-cut, striped shirts and surfer boy smiles image didn’t fit with what was happening in pop in 1966. They simply weren’t groovy, man (and their awful promo videos at the time didn’t help to rid them of their gooky gawky image). Over time though, Pet Sounds has become to be regarded as a work of utter genius. Quite rightly. 

4. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan/ Joint 4th with k.d lang’s Ingenue: Dylan’s beautiful wash of drugged out mysticism set to his spaced-out vocal and inspired intoxicating backing, it will always be my favourite Dylan album, and that whole-side stunner, ‘Sad Eyed Lady of The Lowlands’, a song and a recording packed full of so much surreal imagery it fair blows the mind; Ingenue was the first k.d. lang album I bought after going to see her in concert at The Royal Albert Hall in 1992. She was incredible that night, and I bought Ingenue the following day, and then collected the rest of her back catalogue. Ingenue is a truly beautiful album by one of the best pop vocalists ever. 

3. With The Beatles by The Beatles/Joint 3rd with David Bowie’s The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars: 14 tracks of unadulterated joy, With The Beatles was the album which marked the point when they went from British idols to global superstars. On just their second LP, within a few months of their debut, they were already experimenting with better production techniques, stronger vocals, more assured musicianship, the "‘let’s get it done in a day" of 'Please Please Me' long gone, double-tracking, gorgeous backing and harmonies, with a new confidence in songwriting, they created the first great pop album rather than redoing a live set. From the opening track, ‘It Won’t Be Long’ John, Paul, George and Ringo were telling us that they meant business. My sister bought it but I played it endlessly; Ziggy Stardust arrived on our TV screens when Bowie performed ‘Starman’ on Top of The Pops in the Summer of ’72 and I was hooked. He looked like nothing I’d ever seen before, and that song and that voice and that star charisma, and then the LP when I bought it, not a duff track anywhere (even the older recording 'It Ain’t Easy' manages to fit in perfectly). It’s pure pop, pure pop heaven, the album which signaled that a new star was born. ‘Moonage Daydream’ can still make me cry. It's so beautiful. 

2. Roy Harper’s Stormcock: a piece of musical and lyrical genius by an artist who inspired me so much. I went to see Roy play in Manchester in 1970, loved him, bought Flat, Baroque & Berserk, which I adored, but when Stormcock came out a year later I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, sonic genius from start to finish. Four tracks only but oh my, what four tracks they were! I also bought my first pair of headphones at the same time, and listening to Stormcock with my headphones on sent me spiraling into a musical ecstasy. It’s Robert Plant’s favourite album of all time. ‘nuff said.

1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: Many people choose Revolver as their favourite Beatles album, but it will always be Sgt. Pepper ...for me. It was the album which turned me onto the group in a big way – I’d always admired them, loved many of their singles, even bought a couple ('I Feel Fine' and 'We Can Work It Out', both sublime pieces of genius), but in 1967 when 'Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane' came out that February, I was forever smitten, and to be gifted just three months later with Sgt. Pepper..., my world turned upside down, round and round, sideways, forwards and back again, and created a world for me where pop music suddenly became extremely fascinating and beguiling and part of my future. 

1967 was a great year for pop brilliance to shine, Pink Floyd’s ‘See Emily Play’, Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Purple Haze’, The Beach Boys’ ‘Heroes & Villains’, Procol Harum’s ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’, The Small Faces’ ‘Itchycoo Park’, Scott Mackenzie’s ‘San Francisco’, The Kinks’ ‘Autumn Almanac’, Traffic’s ‘Hole In My Shoe’, The Move’s ‘Flowers In The Rain’, The Beatles’ ‘Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus’, it seemed every week another amazing single was released and immediately in the Top Ten. What a year to be fourteen! I was ready for something incredible to happen, and Sgt.Pepper... gave it to me in spadefuls. That was the one which convinced me that I wanted to make records too. 

With a limited four-track desk, repeat four-track desk, the fact that John, Paul, George and Ringo could create such a wealth of different sounds, styles, effects, and breathtaking tracks like 'A Day In The Life', 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds', 'She’s Leaving Home', 'Within You, Without You', 'Getting Better', I was gobsmacked when I first played it on my parents’ radiogram. 

Don’t get me wrong, I love Revolver, but for me, it didn’t have the impact that Sgt. Pepper... had. When my history teacher told the class, before playing Sgt. Pepper... to us, ‘this lesson is about history, and this album will make history’…well, I don’t recall anyone ever saying that about Revolver. I think because Revolver is such a guitar-drenched album, reaching almost rock levels at times, it appeals to guitarists and guitar fans. Being a pianist myself steeped in jazz (my father was a jazz pianist), musicals (my parents regularly bought musical soundtrack albums and took me to see the movies), classical music (which I was tutored in from the age of seven) and psychedelia, which was everywhere that year, Sgt. Pepper... meant so much to me, it still does. I will never tire of listening to it – but always play the mono album, it’s miles better than the stereo version.     

MW:  Gold TV. What would be your ideal evening’s entertainment if you could schedule your favourite programmes from TV's past, starting at 7pm and going just past midnight?

JH: My favourite period for TV was the mid ‘90s when on a Friday evening on Channel Four there was Friends, followed by Ellen followed by Frasier, and a little earlier through the mid ‘80s into the early ‘90s there was The Golden Girls. I don’t think I ever spent an entire evening laughing so much, the comedy was always top notch, and as I was working quite a pressurised job in A & R and Marketing during that period, it was great stress-relieving TV to come home to. If I could watch all those five series again back to back, that would be my perfect evening of television. 

MW: What do you watch on TV nowadays?

JH: My husband and I still watch mostly American TV series, NCIS, CSI, Bosch, Lessons In Chemistry, The Morning Show, The White Lotus, Severance, The Lincoln Lawyer, all great scripts, superb acting, and an ability to make you feel these guys are your family. 

MW: As both bands are back on the charts, Beatles or Stones?

JH: Well, I’ve been a Beatles fan since the ‘60s, as I said earlier, but I can also admire a lot of what The Stones have done. The difference between the two bands, of course, is that The Beatles split in 1970 while The Stones have carried on recording and touring right to the present day, recently hitting No.1 with their new album Hackney Diamonds. My love of what The Stones’ brought out ended around the mid’ 70s, my last favourite by them being ‘Tumbling Dice’, the ramshackle vibe going on really appeals to me.

The so-called rivalry between The Beatles and The Stones in the ‘60s was manufactured by the media, as they did in the ‘90s creating the so-called war between Oasis and Blur. If The Beatles had felt the rivalry as deeply as we were told they did back in the ‘60s, then why would Mick Jagger and Keith Richard have been invited to attend the recording of ‘All You Need Is Love’, why would John and Paul have provided backing vocals for ‘We Love You’, why would John and Paul have written ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’ for The Stones, why would John have appeared and performed in The Rolling Stones’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus? It was true that The Beatles would hold back releasing their latest record until the new one by The Stones had had its three or four weeks in the sun, but that was purely commercial nous.

If I was asked which band do you prefer, it would be The Beatles, but that doesn’t mean I disliked The Stones, how could anyone not love 'Get Off My Cloud', 'Have You Seen Your Mother Baby', 'The Last Time', 'Jumping Jack Flash' and 'You Can’t Always Get What You Want'. Jagger was always fun to watch, he was the frontman, whereas The Beatles were always four equal guys in the band, although of course John and Paul got most of the spotlight and kudos simply because they wrote such amazing songs.

MW: In what circumstances do you think someone would want to shoot the pianist?! 

JH: Ha! Good question! I can only comment on that by recalling my days in the early 2000s performing on the boats (before my comeback to recording when Kid In A Big World was reissued in 2003) there would be days when I’m sure some of the passengers would have felt like they wanted to shoot the pianist.

As they say, you can’t please all the people all the time. 

Kid In A Big World | Official Website of John Howard

(c) Mark Watkins / November 2023

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Why Salesforce Developers are Unexplained Forces of Business (2023)

According to the company’s own website, Salesforce is known to be the world’s number one customer relationship management (CRM) platform. It is a software whose sole purpose is to help businesses grow by helping them understand the specific needs of their customers by using certain cloud-based apps that are designed for sales, marketing, and service.

However, since no 2 companies are the same, their Salesforce requirements will be different as well. When this takes place, it is usually good to have a top Salesforce development company handy, a company that is well-versed will customise the software development and in providing tailor-made solutions.

If this is something that piques your interest or if you are someone who is already working in Salesforce but would like to up your skills, then this blog is for you.

So What Is A Salesforce Developer?

A Salesforce developer is any person who builds Salesforce applications across different Platform as a Service (PaaS) platforms. However, it is important to keep in mind that he/she does not need to work for Salesforce in any way, shape, or form.

What Do They Do?

 A developer dealing in Salesforce has a deep understanding of how it works along with sufficient experience with the platform. A Salesforce developer or a Salesforce development company is hired by an organisation to customise Salesforce to the unique needs of the hiring party. However, it should also be said that the developer can even be someone who is an in-house programmer who has the necessary skills to work with Salesforce. Some of the tools that are used by these developers include Visualforce and Apex and frameworks like Lightning Component.

Roles and Responsibilities of These Developers

One thing that can be easily noticed is that the roles and responsibilities of a Salesforce developer are pretty similar to those of any other professional developer working in a top software development company in India.

However, just for the sake of completeness, here are the roles and responsibilities of these developers:

·       Analyse user needs, and then plan, design, test, and develop software that meets their unique needs.

·       Come up with effective project plans and develop Salesforce solutions. Also add more value to the 3 stages of project work: definition, development, and deployment.

·       Provide useful suggestions regarding software upgrades for existing apps and systems.

·       Stay ahead of the transforming technological landscape of Salesforce, and .Net/Java platforms and also adapt quickly.

·       Develop every part of any application and then plan how those different parts can mesh together.

·       Create programs for use over the internet and for in-house users over the company intranet.

·       Properly handle inconsistencies in data and come up with processes that can counter any deficiencies.

·       Collaborate with other programmers by creating flowcharts so as to instruct them on how to write additional software code.

·       Ensure that a program runs efficiently by performing routine maintenance and testing.

·       Keep a record of the inventory of the company’s systems and applications for future reference, especially when it comes to upgrades.

·       Team up with other computer specialists to develop optimum software.

Other than the above-mentioned points, one must also remember that a Salesforce developer should always maintain a cordial rapport with the client to understand their operation and Salesforce implementation needs. For example, the developer must make it a point to figure out how the customer is trying to use the software and also identify the core functionality. This means paying extra attention to user needs that go well beyond the scope of the software, issues concerning security, and system performance.

Therefore, you should understand by now that a Salesforce developer has a lot on his/her plate. Their work is extremely challenging, however extremely rewarding as we are going to see below.

What Is The Salary Of A Salesforce Developer?

The average salary of a Salesforce developer in India is somewhere around Rs.500,000 per annum including both profit-sharing and bonuses. It only goes without saying that the bigger the company the more money they will pay for your services. Digital technology solution companies usually pay around Rs.10, 00,000 per annum. Big names in the field like Deloitte and Cognizant pay well above Rs.6, 00,000 per year.  

Salesforce developer salaries also vary according to the experience of the individual. An entry-level developer can expect his/her salary to be around Rs.3, 00,000 per annum. However, after gaining an experience of about 2-5 years the compensation can get close to Rs.5, 00,000 per annum. And if someone gains an experience of around 9 years the hefty paycheck can get close to Rs.10, 00,000 per annum.

It is also useful to remember that the salary of a Salesforce developer also varies according to the location of the individual and his/her job as well.

What Are The Benefits Of Hiring A Salesforce Development Team?

The benefits of hiring a dedicated Salesforce development team for your business are many. Let's look at some of these benefits as listed below:

1)      Building a core business

One of the best ways of managing your in-house resources is by outsourcing your Salesforce development needs. Instead of having an in-house team, you can find experienced and thorough professionals in the field of Salesforce development taking care of your workload.

2)      Skilled expertise

By having a quick look at the portfolio of the companies delivering dedicated Salesforce development services, you can get an idea of their expertise then and there. Therefore, by choosing a dedicated Salesforce team you can be certain of the fact that you have hired people with the right amount of expertise and skill set. They can not only understand your business processes but can also come up with the most apt cloud-based CRM solutions that are tailor-made for your business specifically.

3)      24/7 Availability

Needless a dedicated Salesforce development team will be ready to render their services round the clock. Nowadays, we live in a world where remote working has become the norm, and so have customisations and testing. Therefore, a team that will offer continuous support should always be sought out for. This way, even when the in-house team is sleeping, you will have a team of experts taking care of your CRM.

4)      Cost-efficient

You can also save on costs by hiring a dedicated Salesforce development team in India. As a matter of fact, you can save up to 60% of your total costs. You can make use of this saved money to build your core business and pay more attention to business growth.

Nevertheless, here are a few wise words from Josh Kaufman on outsourcing, it goes like this - “For everything we don’t like to do, there’s someone out there who’s good at it, wants to do it, and will enjoy it.”

And that pretty much sums it all up. If you are really looking to get the best benefit from Salesforce, outsourcing is the best thing you can go for.

 How to Become a Salesforce Developer?

After such an elaborate discussion on the roles and responsibilities of a Salesforce developer and the hefty compensation that comes with being one, you might ask “But how to actually become a Salesforce developer?” read on to find out about it!!

First, to begin with, most software developers including Salesforce developers have a bachelor’s degree in computer science, and software engineering along with excellent knowledge of computer programming. It is also useful to have knowledge and skills in the industry where these Salesforce skills can be put to the best of use. Moreover, you also need to have an understanding of Model-View-Controller design patterns, Object-Oriented Programming Principles, and Java, or .Net Programming.

Having an internship experience in a software business right after graduating from college also goes a long way. Arrangements like these can provide essential connections, skills, and much-needed experience. If you find it difficult to get a job as a developer, it is recommended to start as a programmer and then slowly work your way up to becoming a Salesforce developer.

In case, you want to become a Salesforce developer after a long time from graduating college, make sure to take an online course focussing on Salesforce development as it can teach you essential skills that are needed to get a job in a Salesforce development company. Certifications like these are crucial as they confirm to employers that you are armed with the skill set needed to do the job they want you to do.

What Are The Skills Required To Become A Successful Salesforce Developer?

In order to become a Salesforce developer there are certain specific skills that one needs to have and they are as follows:

·       Analytical Skills: Having sufficient analytical skills assists in analysing the client’s needs and also in developing the requisite software.

·       Communication Skills: These come in handy when dealing with customers as it might include explaining to them how an app works. It is also helpful in giving your juniors clear instructions on what needs to be done.

·       Computer Skills: It goes without saying that excellent computer skills are a must-have for a Salesforce developer.

·       Interpersonal Skills: a good Salesforce developer has to be someone who is doing teamwork at one point or another.

·       Problem-solving Skills: This skill is probably the bread and butter of every developer. Being a developer you are in charge of overseeing every stage of the software development, and you can be assured of the fact that there are going to be problems at one stage or another.

In addition, it is also helpful for developers to be detail-oriented and be able to think out of the box. The former means developers need to be creative and in the latter case, a great developer must be able to deal with all the small details.

[mariacallous]

Editor's note: This research brief is the first in a two-part series exploring how cities can support green workers, especially amid historic federal infrastructure investment. The second brief focuses on specific federal funding opportunities.

The transition to a cleaner and more resilient economy will be one of the most significant economic and physical transformations in U.S. history. Trillions of dollars will be required to adopt clean electricity, retrofit homes and businesses, establish new manufacturing processes, and protect cities and towns from changing weather patterns. Now, with landmark federal laws—including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act—bringing significant public capital and tax credits to further incentivize private investment, the transition is poised to gain speed in the coming decade.

The rise of a green economy has also brought a renewed focus on green jobs. To put all this public and private capital to use, the country needs a sizable workforce to construct new power plants and transmission lines, modernize older buildings, and plan and deliver more resilient communities. Ideally, the transition to a green economy should offer durable and growing career pathways while it cleans the air, protects American neighborhoods, and grows U.S. industries.

However, there is reason for skepticism over whether there are enough workers ready to pursue all these projects. The workers who construct, operate, and maintain U.S. infrastructure are either in short supply, aging, or leaving their jobs rapidly. Transportation departments, water utilities, and other employers are struggling to retain talent, let alone find the millions of new workers needed in the skilled trades and other related positions in the coming years. Growing a clean economy will require more analysts, managers, and other white-collar professionals to oversee and assess humanmade and natural infrastructure systems. The concept of a green job is still far too amorphous, with little understanding of the knowledge and skills it will take to execute more climate-focused work.

Preparing a climate-ready workforce requires an all-hands-on-deck approach among public and private leaders across the country—including federal policymakers, state community college systems, and individual employers—but these capacity-related gaps often come to ground in U.S. cities and regions. Past Brookings research has highlighted how cities are essential to driving climate action. Many cities continue to make bold climate pledges, including commitments to achieve net zero emissions and protect the most vulnerable. They also play an active role in workforce development, including by funding educational and related training programs. But without a coordinated, comprehensive plan to retrain and recruit workers in well-defined, green-related careers, city leaders will be unable to achieve their climate ambitions.

This brief assesses 50 large cities’ climate action plans (CAPs), which ideally should encapsulate many of the elements essential to local infrastructure workforce development. Local leaders need to articulate their training and hiring priorities, the various sectors in need of talent, and the funding and timelines required to accelerate action. Of course, CAPs are not the only planning efforts addressing such needs—amid other programs launched by federal and state leaders, in addition to innovations in the private sector—but this brief shows that many local leaders are not in a position to harness new funding and that they have more workforce planning to do:

Most of the relevant cities—47 of 50—mention green jobs in their CAPs, but they only tend to do so in passing. While some cities do not refer to green jobs at all in their plans, most cities only include a more general call for equity and greater net opportunities.

Most of the cities—40 of 50—emphasize energy projects when discussing workforce needs, but considerably fewer cities emphasize workforce needs in terms of buildings, transportation, or other parts of the built environment. Only about half of the cities (24) emphasize workforce needs around building upgrades and retrofits, while even fewer (20) emphasize these needs around transportation improvements.

Only 19 of the 50 cities include detailed information on collaboration with other institutional and organizational partners when discussing workforce development. Examples of these partners include community colleges, community-based organizations, and other groups essential to engaging new workers, training them, and providing supportive services.

Only 11 of the 50 cities include information on funding—or additional programmatic support—for workforce development. Many cities do not spell out clear costs for needed training programs or propose specific funding and financing to support them.

Only 9 of the 50 cities include specific dates, benchmarks, or timelines for workforce development. Most CAPs lack details on the duration of any green workforce development efforts or benchmarks to measure success.

This research brief does not aim to precisely define green jobs, especially amid continued debates among policymakers and researchers on how to isolate, measure, or forecast such employment figures. Rather, this brief seeks to address the information deficits limiting local and regional planning about green jobs. It first examines the scope of the green jobs challenge by outlining the major skills and training needs, before considering some of the essential ingredients for ongoing local workforce development planning. Then, using detailed findings from our review of 50 municipal CAPs, we describe many of the successful practices that city leaders and other stakeholders can adopt to expand climate-focused talent development. America is poised to unleash generation-defining climate investment—and the American worker is poised to be a central part of these efforts.

A full list of the 50 cities analyzed is available in an interactive map below and described more extensively in a downloadable methods appendix.

[teawitch]

I am still somewhat confused about being able to afford to pay people to help as part of the process. Which parts? Because Nano is perhaps useful for writing a first draft that will be heavily reworked to create a real novel and, unless you are flat out hiring a ghost writer, that first draft has to come from you.

There are probably more free writing communities for beta readers and advice than there were when I began and those will help you develop your skills - something that has to come from you if you want a writing career.

(There are exceptions - people who just want to write family stories for the grandkids or draft their life story. But those aren't generally your heavy Nanowrimo participant.)

A good editing program can help with grammar and sentence structure - but a creative work may break those rules. Grammar programs often don't grasp the rules of your fantasy novel or what some characters may use incorrect grammar. You do need to understand what you are doing and why so you know when to override the program.

If you get picked up by a traditional publisher, they will provide an editor to work with you and they will handle the cover art and other aspects. You will still need to do a ton of marketing yourself.

An editor may ask for significant changes in certain parts of the manuscript. The problem is AI doesn't remember that it wrote the manuscript so you're going to need to deal with that yourself.

They will also want to see your next manuscript, which they will expect to have some relationship with your current writing. I don't just mean a series or set of characters but the style that makes your writing yours. Can AI keep up with that for 80,000 words or so?

Now if you go the self-publishing route, you might be able to use AI to help with some of this process. Cover art comes to mind. Maybe an outline? A paragraph you're struggling with?

Hell, you can stitch a few thousand AI generated words together and an AI book cover and drop it on Amazon to sell. Apparently a family in the UK is stuggling with a case of mushroom poisoning from an AI generated foraging book, so perhaps can and should are not the same thing.

Now I do know a consultant who uses Copilot to help rewrite his email but mainly to check his tone because, well, he knows he has a problem with that. So it's not completely unhelpful. But he's not writing novels.

I worked as a editor for a small press at one point. One problem I would sometimes run into before AI was the "book doctor" problem. Someone would be talked into paying hundreds of dollars to have a book doctor/editor help them with their manuscript to make it more appealing to a publisher. The publisher wouldn't know this when they accepted the work.

But then something would come up in the editing review that would require a section to be rewritten. (book doctors sometimes missed little details like a character who died in chapter 3 being alive in chapter 15.) I'd get the attempt at the rewrite back and it would be obvious - this is not the same writer. So I'd have to help them through the issue because they usually didn't have the funds to go back to the book doctor. And report why we were delayed.

There was at least once where the issue was severe enough the book offer was withdrawn. More often, it was the only book published by that author. Which was okay if they just wanted a book to brag about but not likely to get anyone a viable career.

Yes, a lot of the writing industry is classist. Too much depends on who you know or having a finacial safety net long enough to establish a career. I just don't see how AI is going to fix that. And it certainly won't give you the skill to survive the publishing industry demands long term.

So it looks like NaNoWriMo are happy to have AI as part of their community. Miss me with that bullshit. Generative artificial intelligence is an active threat to creativity and the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people in creative fields.

Please signal boost this so writers can make an informed choice about whether to continue to take part in such a community.

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Reliable Desktop Application Developers in the USA: Boost Your Business Performance

In the modern era of digital transformation, businesses are under constant pressure to enhance efficiency, improve user experiences, and stay ahead of the competition. While mobile and cloud-based solutions have gained significant popularity, desktop applications continue to play a critical role in many industries. These solutions are particularly valuable where high performance, advanced functionality, and offline accessibility are essential. For businesses seeking tailored software solutions, partnering with a custom desktop application development company in the USA can significantly impact overall business performance and long-term growth.

Desktop applications offer several unique advantages that make them ideal for a range of business needs. Unlike web-based apps that rely heavily on internet connectivity, desktop applications run locally on a user's machine. This provides better performance, stronger security, and uninterrupted usability—qualities that are often necessary in industries such as finance, healthcare, logistics, education, and manufacturing.

Why Desktop Applications Still Matter

Despite the shift toward cloud computing, desktop software remains highly relevant. There are specific scenarios where desktop applications outperform cloud or mobile alternatives:

Offline Functionality: Desktop apps operate without requiring a constant internet connection, making them ideal for remote areas or secure environments.

High Processing Power: For tasks that require significant system resources, such as video editing, engineering simulations, or complex data analysis, desktop applications deliver the best performance.

Custom Hardware Integration: Many industries rely on specialized equipment or tools that must integrate directly with a local system, something desktop apps can manage more effectively than web-based solutions.

Key Advantages of Hiring Developers in the USA

When you choose to work with desktop application developers based in the USA, you're gaining more than technical expertise. Here are some major advantages:

1. Cultural and Business Understanding

U.S.-based developers have a deep understanding of the business landscape, user expectations, and regulatory environments in the region. This ensures that the end product is not only technically sound but also aligns with business practices.

2. Time Zone Compatibility

For U.S. clients, working within the same or nearby time zones facilitates real-time collaboration. This can accelerate development timelines and reduce communication issues.

3. High-Quality Standards

American software developers often follow industry best practices in terms of coding, design, testing, and documentation. This ensures that the final product is reliable, maintainable, and scalable.

4. Compliance with Local Laws

U.S. developers are well-versed in local legal frameworks, including HIPAA, GDPR (for international apps), and financial regulations, helping you avoid costly compliance issues down the road.

What to Look for in a Reliable Desktop Application Developer

Choosing the right development partner can be a make-or-break decision. Here are some key attributes to consider:

Proven Portfolio: Review past projects and case studies to evaluate their technical capabilities and industry experience.

Technology Stack: Ensure the developers are proficient in relevant desktop technologies such as .NET, Java, C++, Electron, and Python.

Custom Solutions: Look for a team that emphasizes custom-built solutions tailored to your business needs rather than one-size-fits-all products.

Post-Launch Support: Ongoing support, maintenance, and updates are crucial to keeping your application running smoothly and securely.

How Desktop Applications Boost Business Performance

A well-designed desktop application can be a major asset to any organization. Here’s how:

Process Automation: Desktop apps can automate repetitive tasks, freeing up valuable human resources for more strategic work.

Data Management: They allow for more secure and efficient handling of sensitive or large datasets.

Employee Productivity: Intuitive and responsive desktop applications reduce the learning curve and speed up task completion.

Customer Experience: Custom features and fast performance contribute to a smoother experience for your end users.

Industries That Benefit the Most

While desktop applications can be used across all sectors, they are especially beneficial in industries such as:

Healthcare: For patient record systems, diagnostic tools, and secure access to local data.

Finance: Where desktop apps are used for trading platforms, portfolio management, and secure data handling.

Education: To run learning management systems, offline assessment tools, and virtual labs.

Manufacturing: For machine control, inventory tracking, and integration with factory hardware.

Final Thoughts

In a world increasingly driven by web and mobile solutions, desktop applications still hold unmatched value in many business environments. Their performance, reliability, and ability to operate offline make them indispensable for specific industries and use cases. To unlock these advantages, it is essential to work with professionals who understand not just the technical aspects of software development, but also your unique business needs. A reputable desktop application development company in the USA can provide the expertise, support, and customization required to develop powerful software that drives long-term business performance.

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How to Build a High-Performing Remote Development Team in 2025

Remote development is no longer an alternative—it’s the norm. In 2025, businesses are increasingly adopting remote models not just to reduce costs but to access global talent, accelerate development cycles, and stay competitive. But building a high-performing remote team takes more than just hiring developers who work from home.

Whether you're a startup scaling fast or an enterprise aiming to streamline operations, here's how to build a remote development team that delivers real results.

1. Define Your Project Scope Clearly

Before assembling a team, get crystal clear about:

The tech stack you need (e.g., .NET, Python, C, React, DevOps)

Short-term vs. long-term goals

Expected deliverables and KPIs

Whether you need full-time dedicated resources or flexible contract-based roles

At Acrosstek, we help businesses clarify this blueprint before recruitment begins, ensuring alignment from day one.

2. Prioritize Skill + Cultural Fit

You want developers who can do the job and blend with your company culture. Look for:

Problem-solving ability, not just code knowledge

Strong communication skills, especially in remote setups

Time zone alignment or a system to ensure overlap in working hours

Adaptability, especially if you work in agile sprints

A reputable IT staffing partner can help assess both technical and soft skills—streamlining the hiring process.

3. Use Adaptive Hiring Models

Traditional hiring methods are often slow and rigid. Adaptive hiring, offered by firms like Acrosstek, changes the game by:

Offering C2H (Contract-to-Hire) or Direct Hire options

Enabling on-demand scaling of your tech team

Providing pre-vetted remote developers globally

This gives your business the flexibility to experiment, scale, or shift focus—without the overhead of permanent hiring.

4. Invest in Onboarding & Knowledge Transfer

The first 30 days set the tone. A great onboarding process should include:

Documentation of existing codebases and workflows

Clear role definitions

Introduction to team culture, tools, and expectations

A mentorship model to ease the new developer into the system

The better your onboarding, the faster your remote hires become productive contributors.

5. Embrace a Remote-First Tech Stack

The right tools can make or break remote productivity. Consider:

Project Management: Jira, Trello, ClickUp

Code Repositories: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket

CI/CD & QA Tools: Jenkins, Selenium, Appium

Communication: Slack, MS Teams, Zoom

Time Tracking: Hubstaff, Time Doctor

Make sure your team has access to tools that support transparency, collaboration, and agile workflows.

6. Foster Communication & Team Culture

One of the biggest threats to remote success is isolation. Combat this with:

Daily standups or weekly sync meetings

Virtual coffee breaks or fun channels on Slack

Clear communication guidelines (asynchronous vs. real-time)

Celebrating milestones and wins, no matter how small

High-performing remote teams aren’t just efficient—they’re connected.

7. Focus on Continuous Learning & Growth

Your developers want to grow. Keep them engaged with:

Access to online learning platforms like Udemy, Coursera, Pluralsight

Internal tech talks or weekly demos

Constructive feedback loops and performance reviews

Opportunities to contribute to open-source projects or R&D

This builds loyalty, improves retention, and keeps your team ahead of the curve.

8. Partner With a Remote Staffing Expert

Building and managing a remote development team can be complex. That’s why more companies in 2025 are turning to expert partners like Acrosstek, who offer:

Access to pre-vetted tech talent across time zones

End-to-end hiring for contract, contract-to-hire, and direct roles

Deep domain expertise in QA Automation, Cloud, AI, Blockchain, and more

Flexible engagement models tailored to startup and enterprise needs

A strong staffing partner saves you time, cost, and hiring risk—so you can focus on scaling your core business.

Conclusion

Building a remote development team that actually performs isn’t just about finding good coders. It’s about creating a system that attracts, integrates, supports, and retains great people—no matter where they are.

In 2025 and beyond, businesses that master remote hiring and team building will lead the innovation race. And with the right strategies and partners in place, you can be one of them.

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What Does Employment Law Mean and Why Is It Important?

In today’s fast-paced and highly regulated business environment, employment law plays a critical role in defining and protecting the relationship between employers and employees. In the UAE, where a diverse, multinational workforce drives economic growth, understanding what employment law means — and why it’s important — is essential for both companies and individuals.

What Does Employment Law Mean?

Employment law refers to the legal framework that governs the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of both employers and employees in the workplace. In the UAE, employment law is primarily outlined in Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 on the Regulation of Labour Relations, which replaced the previous Labour Law (No. 8 of 1980). This law covers a broad range of employment issues, including contract terms, wages, working hours, probation, termination, end-of-service benefits, and much more.

For businesses operating in the UAE, compliance with employment law isn’t just about avoiding penalties — it’s about building a productive, fair, and sustainable workplace culture.

Why Is Employment Law Important in the UAE?

1. Protecting Employee Rights

Employment law provides a legal safety net for workers, ensuring they are treated fairly and with respect. In the UAE, the law mandates clear regulations around working hours, overtime compensation, health and safety, leave entitlements (such as annual leave and maternity leave), and end-of-service gratuity. With such protections in place, employees feel more secure, which in turn improves job satisfaction and productivity.

2. Establishing Employer Guidelines

From hiring to termination, employment law lays out what employers can and cannot do. It helps employers set clear expectations with employees, maintain compliance with UAE labour regulations, and handle disputes in a lawful, efficient manner. This clarity reduces the risk of misunderstandings and potential litigation.

3. Supporting the UAE’s Economic Goals

The UAE is home to one of the world’s most diverse labour markets, attracting talent from Asia, Europe, Africa, and beyond. Employment law ensures that businesses uphold international standards, making the UAE an attractive destination for skilled professionals. This legal consistency supports the country’s broader goals of fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic diversification.

4. Dispute Resolution and Fair Practices

Labour disputes are inevitable in any business environment. However, UAE employment law offers structured processes for resolving disputes through the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) or labour courts. This ensures that both employers and employees have access to a fair hearing and legal recourse if necessary.

Employment Law in Practice: A UAE Perspective

In practice, employment law in the UAE is designed to accommodate the needs of a rapidly developing, multicultural economy. For instance, the recent legal reforms introduced more flexible work models, such as part-time, temporary, and freelance contracts — a significant shift that benefits both employers and the modern workforce.

Additionally, strict regulations around employee termination — such as notice periods, valid reasons for dismissal, and end-of-service benefits — highlight the importance of professional legal guidance. This is where employment law services in the UAE become indispensable.

Whether you're an SME navigating new compliance rules or a multinational managing hundreds of contracts, employment law services help ensure your policies align with UAE regulations. These services include drafting employment contracts, handling dispute resolution, providing HR policy audits, and offering legal representation in case of labour litigation.

Final Thoughts

In the UAE, where the labour market is both competitive and regulated, employment law is more than a formality — it is a foundation for ethical, efficient, and profitable business operations. Understanding what employment law means and why it matters empowers businesses to grow responsibly and ensures employees are treated with dignity and fairness.

Whether you're an employer or an employee, staying informed and seeking professional guidance when needed is the key to navigating the UAE’s dynamic labour landscape with confidence.

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AI and Machine Learning: Technology and Ethics in 2025

https://fashionstyleblogbyhuma.blogspot.com (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have revolutionized industries—from healthcare and finance to education and entertainment. As these technologies advance at breakneck speed, they bring remarkable opportunities, but also deep ethical dilemmas. In 2025, the https://fashionstyleblogbyhuma.blogspot.com is no longer just about what AI can do, but what it should do.

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Transparency is another major issue. Many AI models, especially deep learning systems, operate as “black boxes.” Their decision-making processes are complex and difficult for even developers to understand. This lack of interpretability raises concerns about accountability. Who is responsible when an AI system makes a harmful decision? The software developer? The company deploying it? Or the algorithm itself?

The rise of generative AI—tools that create text, images, code, and even deepfakes—has also sparked debates around intellectual property and misinformation. With AI-generated content flooding the internet, it’s becoming harder to tell what's real. This poses challenges for journalism, academia, and online trust. Platforms and creators are now under pressure to implement clear AI-disclosure policies and content authentication mechanisms.

Job displacement is another concern. While AI enhances productivity, it also threatens traditional jobs in fields like customer service, transportation, and even creative arts. Ethical questions arise: should companies be allowed to replace human workers with AI purely for profit? What social safety nets or retraining programs are needed to support displaced workers?

At the heart of all these issues is the need for ethical frameworks and global regulation. In 2025, governments and organizations are slowly catching up. Initiatives like the EU AI Act and corporate AI ethics https://fashionstyleblogbyhuma.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-art-and-power-of-makeup-complete.html progress, but enforcement remains inconsistent. What’s clear is that ethical AI is not just a technical challenge—it’s a human one.

Ultimately, the future of AI depends on our ability to balance innovation with https://fashionstyleblogbyhuma.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-art-and-power-of-makeup-complete.htm. Only by prioritizing transparency, fairness, accountability, and https://fashionstyleblogbyhuma.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-art-and-power-of-makeup-complete.html can we ensure AI serves the greater good.

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Top 10 Benefits of Hiring Professional Certification Services for Your Business

In today’s competitive and highly regulated business environment, Certification Services are no longer a luxury—they are a necessity. Whether you're a startup or an established organisation, professional certification and assurance services provide credibility, compliance, and confidence for all stakeholders. This blog explores the top 10 benefits of hiring professional certification experts and how firms like RA Global are helping businesses achieve excellence.

1. Demonstrates Credibility and Trust

Certification is a globally recognised way to showcase your organisation’s commitment to quality, safety, and sustainability. ISO Certification, for example, signals to your clients and partners that your processes meet international standards. This builds trust and sets your brand apart in crowded markets.

2. Ensures Regulatory Compliance

Whether it's environmental laws, occupational health standards, or data protection regulations, staying compliant can be complex. Certification Services help businesses align with local and international regulatory requirements, avoiding legal issues and costly penalties.

Companies like RA Global specialise in guiding clients through complex compliance frameworks and ensuring ongoing adherence to standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001.

3. Streamlines Internal Processes

One of the hidden benefits of certification is how it improves internal operations. ISO Certification often requires organisations to review, document, and improve their procedures, leading to better resource management, reduced waste, and improved efficiency across departments.

4. Improves Risk Management

Professional assurance services help identify operational, environmental, and financial risks before they become costly issues. For instance, Carbon Assurance services measure your organisation’s carbon footprint and help design strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—a critical step in both risk mitigation and sustainable development.

5. Enhances Market Access and Competitiveness

Many clients, especially international ones, require certifications as a prerequisite for doing business. ISO or sustainability certifications can unlock new markets, especially in sectors like manufacturing, construction, energy, and logistics. In many public tenders, having professional certification services on your side can make or break your bid.

6. Supports Sustainability Goals

Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword—it's a core part of business strategy. Sustainability assurance services verify that your environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives meet global benchmarks. Whether you're reporting on Scope 1–3 emissions or aiming for net-zero status, firms like RA Global offer Carbon Assurance and sustainability assurance that make your claims verifiable and credible.

7. Boosts Brand Reputation

Having credible certifications and verified ESG data enhances your brand reputation. Customers are increasingly choosing to engage with brands that are transparent, ethical, and environmentally responsible. Being certified demonstrates accountability and commitment to excellence—something no amount of marketing can fake.

8. Facilitates Continuous Improvement

Certification is not a one-time activity; it’s part of a continuous improvement cycle. Ongoing assurance services ensure your organisation keeps evolving. Through regular audits and reviews, professional certification providers help you identify areas for growth, reduce inefficiencies, and keep pace with new industry standards.

9. Enhances Stakeholder Confidence

Shareholders, investors, customers, and regulatory bodies all want to see evidence of sound governance. Certification services offer third-party validation of your systems, increasing transparency and reinforcing stakeholder confidence in your operations, financial health, and ESG performance.

10. Leverages Expert Guidance

Finally, when you partner with a leading certification provider like RA Global, you get access to unmatched expertise across various domains—be it quality management, health and safety, environmental sustainability, or carbon management. Their consultants don’t just certify; they empower you with practical insights and tools to improve your business.

Why Choose RA Global for Certification and Assurance Services?

RA Global is a trusted name in the GCC and South Asia for certification services, assurance services, and ISO certification consultancy. Their specialised teams work closely with businesses across sectors to deliver tailored solutions in:

ISO Certification (9001, 14001, 45001, 27001, etc.)

Sustainability assurance and ESG audits

Carbon Assurance and footprint verification

Quality, environmental, and occupational safety systems

Third-party audits and gap assessments

Whether you're starting your certification journey or looking to upgrade your current systems, RA Global ensures a smooth, compliant, and value-driven process.

Final Thoughts

In an increasingly regulated and competitive business world, Certification Services are an investment in your organisation’s long-term success. From improving compliance and operational efficiency to enhancing stakeholder trust and marketability, the benefits are both tangible and strategic.

Partnering with a professional firm like RA Global not only simplifies the certification process but also strengthens your overall business resilience through a wide range of assurance services, including Carbon Assurance, Sustainability Assurance, and more.

Take the next step towards certification excellence—partner with a trusted expert today.

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Why Startups Prefer Software Development Companies in Ahmedabad

In the fast-paced digital world, startups need to move quickly, innovate consistently, and deliver high-quality solutions to remain competitive. A crucial component of this success is strong software support. Over the years, Ahmedabad has emerged as a top destination for startups looking to partner with reliable tech talent, especially when it comes to finding a trustworthy software development company in Ahmedabad.

But why is Ahmedabad such a preferred choice for startups? And why is Himta Technologies considered the best option among many? Let’s explore.

1. Thriving Startup Ecosystem in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad is not only a business hub but also a growing tech ecosystem. With several co-working spaces, incubation centers, and startup events, the city is buzzing with innovation. This environment encourages collaboration between startups and local IT firms, creating an ideal atmosphere for mutual growth.

Software development companies in Ahmedabad are well-aligned with the needs of early-stage ventures. They understand the challenges faced by startups — tight budgets, fast deadlines, and the need for scalable solutions — and work accordingly.

2. Affordable and Quality-Driven Development

Cost is a major concern for startups, especially when operating in early stages. Compared to metro cities like Bengaluru or Mumbai, Ahmedabad offers highly cost-effective software development services without compromising on quality.

Companies like Himta Technologies have earned a strong reputation by providing premium services at competitive prices. Whether it’s web app development, mobile app development, SaaS platforms, or MVP (Minimum Viable Product) launches, Ahmedabad-based firms deliver excellence at every step.

3. Access to Skilled and Experienced Talent

Ahmedabad is home to several top-tier engineering colleges and IT institutes, consistently supplying a pool of skilled developers, designers, and QA experts. The local workforce is proficient in technologies like React, Angular, Node.js, Python, Java, .NET, Flutter, and more.

When you hire a software development company in Ahmedabad like Himta Technologies, you gain access to a team with deep technical expertise and innovative thinking — exactly what startups need to stay ahead in the game.

4. Agile Methodology and Transparent Communication

Startups often pivot and evolve their ideas based on market feedback. This requires working with development partners who follow agile methodologies, support flexibility, and provide real-time updates.

Himta Technologies stands out in Ahmedabad for its agile development process, which includes weekly sprints, client involvement at every stage, and complete transparency in project management. This makes it easier for startups to build and modify their software solutions as they grow.

5. Customized and Scalable Solutions

Startups often begin with a small user base but have high aspirations for growth. They need software that is not only efficient for current needs but also scalable for future expansion.

A professional software development company in Ahmedabad like Himta Technologies designs scalable architectures that support growth without the need for complete rebuilds. This forward-thinking approach is another reason why startups prefer Ahmedabad-based firms.

6. Strong Focus on UX/UI Design

User experience is a key factor in the success of any digital product. Ahmedabad’s software companies are increasingly investing in user-centered design strategies.

Himta Technologies employs dedicated UX/UI experts who create visually appealing, intuitive, and conversion-optimized designs tailored specifically for startups. This helps in faster user adoption and better customer retention.

7. Reliable Support and Long-Term Partnerships

One of the biggest fears for startups is being left unsupported once the project is delivered. Unlike freelance developers or overseas agencies, Ahmedabad’s software companies like Himta Technologies build long-term relationships. They offer ongoing maintenance, upgrades, and technical support — giving startups the peace of mind they need.

Why Himta Technologies is the Best Software Development Company in Ahmedabad

Among the many players in the market, Himta Technologies has emerged as a trusted name for startups seeking cutting-edge software solutions. Here’s why:

Custom Development: Tailored software that fits your exact business needs

 Experienced Team: Skilled developers, designers, and testers under one roof

Startup-Friendly Pricing: Cost-effective solutions without hidden charges

 Fast Turnaround: Agile process ensures quick launches and adaptability

 End-to-End Support: From consultation to deployment and maintenance

Transparent Communication: No surprises, just clear timelines and updates

Whether you’re building a new app, launching a SaaS product, or need an MVP to pitch investors, Himta Technologies is the go-to software development company in Ahmedabad for startups aiming to make a mark.

Ready to Launch Your Startup Idea?

If you’re a startup looking for a tech partner you can trust, it’s time to connect with the experts.

📞 Contact Himta Technologies  Phone: +91 90999 33443  Email: info@himtatech.com  Website: https://himtatech.com/

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Top 5 Tech Startups in Ahmedabad Hiring Computer Graduates Now

Ahmedabad is fast developing as a dynamic hub of technological innovations and entrepreneurship. The growing startup ecosystem around the city is constantly in search of fresh and innovative minds, primarily computer graduates standing tall to make their mark. If you have just completed your computer classes in Ahmedabad or are about to step into a fast-paced career, these startup firms could well be your next big opportunity!

At TCCI - Tririd Computer Coaching Institute, we hold pride in not only delivering the best computer training in Ahmedabad but also connecting our students with apt industry openings. We believe that hands-on skills are very important, and the startups in Ahmedabad are the places where the practical application of those skills goes on.

Here are five example-a few of a multitude of tech startups in Ahmedabad that potentially reflect exciting opportunities for computer graduates. Another word of caution that these examples are just illustrative of the agitated startup ecosystem whose hiring needs change at a speed; therefore, do check their official career pages for up-to-date openings!

1. InnovateAI Solutions: Pioneering AI & Machine Learning

Focus Area: The focus is on providing prime Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions to various industries from healthcare to retail, while focusing on predictive analytics, natural language processing, and computer vision.

What they look out for: Graduates with strong foundational knowledge in Python, data structures, theory of algorithms, and a genuine inclination towards AI/ML concepts. If one knows uses of TensorFlow or PyTorch, that is a definite plus.

Potential Roles: Junior AI Engineer, Machine Learning Intern, Data Analyst Trainee.

Why exciting: Work for the cutting edge of the future, which involves solving tough real-world problems and putting your advanced skills ahead on the forefront projects.

2. PixelPulse Web & Mobile: Crafting Digital Experiences

Focus Area: They develop nimble and superfast web and mobile applications for clientele spread all over the globe. Having expertise in responsive design, powerful backend systems, and user interface are three things that the company particularly looks for.

What they look for: Graduates with front-end development skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React/Angular/Vue), back-end development skills (Node.js, Python/Django, PHP), or in any mobile development environment (Android/iOS). They must have a passion for the end-user experience.

Potential Roles: Junior Web Developer, Mobile App Developer, UI/UX Intern.

Why it's exciting: You get to develop applications that reach millions, learn at a rapid pace alongside top-tier developers, and interface with many different projects.

3. SaaSify Hub: Building Scalable Software Solutions

Focus Area: Creating Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms that facilitate business operations, including CRM, project management, and HR solutions. The emphasis lies on scalability, security, and a user-friendly UX interface.

What they look for: Graduates with a solid understanding of software development lifecycle, database management (SQL/NoSQL), and a cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Experience in some framework such as Spring Boot (Java) or NET is appreciated.

Potential Roles: Junior Software Engineer, QA Trainee, Backend Developer.

Why it's exciting: Working on solutions that allow businesses to function, give you cloud experience, and get you familiar with the nitty-gritty of enterprise software.

4. FinTech Frontier: Innovating Financial Technology

Focus Area: Revolutionizing financial services through technology, developing secure payment gateways, investment platforms, and blockchain-based solutions. They emphasize data security and regulatory compliance.

Who they look for: Graduates with strong problem-solving skills, an inclination toward secure coding practices, and a keen interest in the financial markets. Most likely, the candidate would have knowledge of Java, Python, or Go and database skills.

Potential Roles: Junior FinTech Developer, Cybersecurity Analyst Trainee, Data Engineer.

Why it's exciting: Being part of a nucleating industry, working with novel and latest security practices, and also affecting everyday lives in how people manage their finances.

5. DigiGrow Marketing & Analytics: Data-Driven Digital Growth

Focus Area: Using data analytics and digital technologies to grow firms, which includes providing advanced SEO tools, marketing automation, and analytics dashboards.

What they look for: Graduates with a combination of technical skills (Python for data analysis, web scraping, API integration) and digital marketing conceptual knowledge. Strong analytical skills are a must.

Potential Roles: Junior Data Analyst, Digital Marketing Technologist, Business Intelligence Intern.

Why it's exciting: It bridges technology and business; strategic decisions are data-driven, and you can see the direct impact on businesses.

Your Path to These Opportunities Starts at TCCI!

According to a local entrepreneur, these startups are seeking programmers who are more than degree holders: real problem-solvers with skills to back it up. This is precisely what our computer training institute in Ahmedabad delivers.

In TCCI, our computer courses in Ahmedabad teach programming languages, frameworks, and problem-solving methodologies required by contemporary tech companies. From foundational programming courses in Ahmedabad to advanced specialized training, we ensure you're job-ready.

Many of our students benefit from our computer classes with placement assistance in Ahmedabad, which aims to connect you directly with local and national tech companies looking for talent like yours.

Don't let the amazing prospects in the thriving tech sector in Ahmedabad pass you by!

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